Category: Microfinance
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SEDPI Assists Bank of Makati in Microfinance Start-up
Aspiring to extend its reach to the greater majority of Filipinos, the country’s largest rural bank in terms of assets—Bank of Makati, Inc.—is tapping into the microfinance banking industry this year. To further enhance its capacity as a microfinance institution, Bank of Makati partnered with SEDPI for an 8-day management training conducted from April 29…
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SEDPI Wins Bid from Small Business Corporation
On April 23, 2013, the Small Business Corporation (SBC) awarded a project to SEDPI to conduct capacity building to two microfinance institutions. The project involves two microfinance institutions under the Rural Microenterprise Promotion Program (RuMEPP). RuMEPP is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to promote entrepreneurship by developing existing microenterprises and developing…
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SEDPI Books PhP4M worth of Projects for 1st Quarter
Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) started 2013 with an influx of clients. For the first quarter of 2013, the SEDPI booked a total of approximately PhP4 million worth of capacity building services. This is a third higher than the target of the social enterprise for the quarter. There were a total of eight projects…
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CRBC Middle Managers Undergo Training on Financial Analysis
Last March 7 – 9, 2013 SEDPI trained the middle managers of Community Rural Bank of Catmon (CRBC) on Financial Analysis in Catmon, Cebu. The course aims to equip the participants with knowledge and skills that would enable them to format basic financial statements, compute for basic financial ratios, utilize these ratios to analyze financial…
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SEDPI, CCC Start Eco-Town Project in Palawan
San Vicente is a municipality in Palawan noted for its long beach front and dense forest covers. While it is classified as a first-class municipality, it remains vulnerable, environmentally and economically, to the devastating effects of climate change. The Climate Change Commission (CCC), through the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCAP), aims to build the…
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SEDPI Taps Microfinace Institution for Palawan Eco-Town Project
SEDPI, as partner in Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) eco-town project, facilitated a meeting between the Local Government of San Vicente, Palawan and the Dungganon Bank, on January 17, 2013. This meeting aimed to explore the possibility of making Dungganon the financial service provider for the eco-town project. The CCC project hopes to create economically stable…
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ADMU AND BPI Globe BanKO Renews Partnership
With the shared mission of sustainable development and financial inclusion through developing capacities of microfinance institutions, the Ateneo De Manila University and BPI Globe BanKO inked another milestone to its partnership. The renewal of partnership between these two institutions hopes to extend further capacity building assistance and services to microfinance institutions in the country. ADMU…
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SEDPI and Mercator Models Hold Christmas Party at PCMC
Every year SEDPI celebrates Christmas for its management staff. It has also been a tradition for the management staff to select a certain group of marginalized sector and create a Christmas event with them. In 2012, the management staff of SEDPI chose to celebrate its Christmas Party with patients of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center…
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NSCC Mounts Trainings on Internal Control and Strategic Planning for Cooperatives
The Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives mounted two consecutive trainings on Internal Control and Strategic Planning. The training was held on November 26-29, 2012 in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. A total of 37 participants from 20 organizations attended the training on Internal Control while 31 participants from 20 organizations attended the Strategic Planning training. The…